Gebirgsjäger
Subtitle: German Mountain Trooper 1939-45 (Warrior)
Contributors: Darko Pavlovic (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing; Osprey
Published: July 23, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781841765532
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Land forces & warfare; Special & elite forces; Second World War, 1939-1945; History - Military / War; History; Military; Germany; Europe - Germany; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II
First sentence: Germany at this time had no dedicated alpine troops of its own, but southern Germany had no shortage of men with expert mountaineering abilities and these were soon put to good use in training soldiers in the requisites skills.